Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [v-ing] [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had all been going on for years , Chertro said , and apparently earlier technicians had been doing the same for a long time before . |
| 2 | These steps into a wider world were part of a great process of expansion by western Europe that had already been going on for decades . |
| 3 | This sign announced that The Victorian Fitted Kitchen Company would soon be opening there for business . |
| 4 | ‘ Better hurry , or they 'll soon be knocking off for lunch . ’ |
| 5 | The client would usually be looking secretly for guidance , and would be likely not just to sell out of his Rolls Royce shares , but to reinvest his original £500 with any profit , plus say £1,000 further capital in the stock proposed . |
| 6 | However , the majority mood of the house yesterday was running strongly for Mr V.P. Singh . |
| 7 | If she had still been in love with Finn , Lydia would not now be casting round for ways to entertain herself . |
| 8 | If anything , I tend to believe that it will make you unhappy : either immediately unhappy , as you are impaled by incompatibility , or unhappy later , when the woodworm has quietly been gnawing away for years and the bishop 's throne collapses . |
| 9 | We 'll certainly be going back for seconds ! |